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Business News of Thursday, 12 January 2023

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List of Nigerian Banks offering parents school fees loans for their kids

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Across Nigeria, nursery, primary and secondary schools resumed a new academic session this week. Payment of school fees is a significant part of a new academic session and many parents are already running helter-skelter to gather tuition fees for their children.

Given that salary-earning parents may have exhausted most of their income and savings during the last Christmas and New Year celebrations, it becomes imperative to find other sources for tuition fees so as not to interrupt their children's education.

For any parent finding it difficult to meet up with payment of their kids' tuition this season, never worry, because there are several Nigerian banks and financial institutions offering school fees loans at considerable interest rates and flexible repayment periods with no collateral.

GTBank

Guaranty Trust Bank’s School Fees Advance is a loan facility designed to help parents and guardians finance the payment of their child or wards’ school fees for schools and institutions in Nigeria.

The loan facility is available to members of staff of public and reputable private organizations whose salaries are domiciled with the bank.

The minimum loan amount is N50,000 and the maximum loan amount is N1,000,000 applicable per child. Each loan has a maximum tenor of 4 months per request.

Stanbic IBTC Bank

Stanbic IBTC Bank's Unsecured Personal School Fees Loan is an unsecured personal loan targeted at meeting the financial needs of parents and guardians looking to pay the school fees for their children or ward in any tier of the education system in Nigeria.

The loan caters to all tiers of the education system and can be accessed by any parent with zero collateral. The loan repayment period can be extended to suit the parent's needs.

Zenith Bank

Zenith Bank’s education loan is designed to help parents facilitate short-term funding for the payment of their kids’ tuition fees.

A minimum of N100,000 and a maximum amount of N5,000,000 is offered in the loan scheme. It also comes with a maximum tenor of three months for Junior School and nine months for tertiary institutions.

Access Bank

Access Bank's Advance for School Fees scheme is designed to provide parents/guardians with short–term financing to cover tuition fees for their children/wards.

It is also ideal for financing undergraduate study, postgraduate study and professional examinations.

The bank offers a loan amount of up to N5 million and up to 6 months repayment period.

Wema Bank

Wema Bank School Fees Advance is a loan facility designed to finance the payment of school fees for schools in Nigeria and the diaspora.

This facility is available to salaried individuals and self-employed individuals.

The loan facilitates a minimum amount of N50,000 and a maximum amount of N10,000 with a minimum tenor of 3 months (For Nursery/Primary/Secondary schools) and a maximum tenor of 12 months (for tertiary institutions) per request.

First City Monument Bank (FCMB)

The First City Monument Bank (FCMB) FastCash is fashioned to meet emergency financial obligations such as payment of children's school fees and rent FastCash offers loan amounts of up to N200,000 and it requires no collateral or paperwork.

It is available and accessible to salaried and non-salaried customers of FCMB through its mobile app and USSD platform.

LAPO Microfinance Bank

LAPO Microfinance Bank's Education Loan caters for the payment of children's school fees.

With the loan scheme, the bank hopes to help bridge the gap between actual fees and what parents/guardians can afford.

The loan option ranges between N20,000 and N200,000 and has an interest rate of 48% per annum.

Bowen Micro Finance Bank

Bowen Micro Finance Bank's School Fees Loan is there to help parents avoid interruption to their children's education by the prompt payment of tuition fees.

The bank offers a maximum loan amount of between 50% and 70% of the school fees value and the loan scheme is open to parents/guardians who are salary earners